Creative Center
Creative Arts Psychotherapy (626) 623-3111
Susan Merletti, LPCC
Pema Chodron
"Things fall apart. Our job is to put them back together."
My Skills
- Life Transitions: Divorce, Retirement, Moving, Loss of Independence, Physical Illness
- High-Functioning Anxiety & Depression
- Cancer & Serious Illness Support
Abuse & Bullying Including: Sexual Abuse, Exploitation and Violence
- Grief & Loss Including: Separation & Divorce, Loss of Child Custody
- Trauma Informed Therapy
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Susan Merletti, ATR, LPCC
Creative Arts Psychotherapist
Child, Adolescent, Adult & Group Psychotherapy
Every person brings unique life experiences, strengths, and challenges to the therapeutic process. I recognize that the body and mind are interconnected. I use an integrative, holistic approach to promote mind-body health, so that you can identify your inherent strengths, heal past and present hurts and generate change from within. My theoretical framework blends Creative Arts Therapy, Insight Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy interventions.
The individuals with whom I work seek to understand and address not only specific emergent problems, such as those associated with adjustment, relationship, work and school difficulties, trauma, depression, anxiety, loss/grief, and health issues, but also the underlying thoughts, feelings, and behavioral and relational patterns that have contributed to the development and maintenance of these problems
While I use both short and long-term techniques depending on your individual needs, I understand that the process of gaining insight cannot be rushed or imposed. Through a collaborative and empathic process, which includes talk therapy and creative directives, I subtly guide therapeutic inquiries to assist you in discovering your inner wisdom, strength and skills and living a more meaningful and rewarding life. The principal values that I am committed to as I provide behavioral health services include: compassion, effective relation, empathy, optimism, open-mindedness, tolerance, self-efficacy, knowledge, innovation and creativity, diversity, integrity, accountability, competence, and professionalism.